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noun

Surrogate n.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. (Eng.)

In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

A surrogate mother.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... had one hope left. He was a candidate for the clerkship of the surrogate court, a good office, and believed his election sure. His business misfortunes had aroused wide sympathy. He took no chances, however, and made a house-to house canvas of the district, regardless of the weather, probably undermining his health. He was elected by a large ...

— The Boys' Life of Mark Twain • Albert Bigelow Paine

... so bad about that?" Fay broke in loudly. "What's wrong with taking the pressure off little guys? Why shouldn't Tickler be a super-ego surrogate? Micro's Motivations chief noticed that positive feature straight off and scored it three pluses. Besides, it's nothing but a gaudy way of saying that Tickler backstops the memory. Seriously, Gussy, what's ...

— The Creature from Cleveland Depths • Fritz Reuter Leiber

... altogether different class of butter adulteration which concerns itself with the substitution of other fatty matters for the whole or part of the really valuable portion of the butter- fat. Margarine is the legalized and therefore legitimate butter surrogate, prepared by churning any suitable fat with milk into a cream, solidifying the latter by injection into cold water and working the lumps together, precisely as is done in the case of the churned cream of milk. The substitution ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

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